Washington Commanders Eye Nigerian Athlete Bernard

0:00It's April 6th. Welcome to NFL News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Washington Commanders GM. Adam Peters has been on a mission this off-season to make the defense younger and faster, and he's nailed it through free. Agency. Now the team's eyes are on the 2026 NFL Draft, where they hold the 7th overall pick, but they're also scouting international talent. Through the NFL's International Player Pathway program, they already have Ed Drescher T.J. McGurran Younga from Zimbabwe on the practice squad, a 6'4-222-pound guy who got a tackle in one game last season. Peters might add another global gem with interest in Nigerian defensive tackle, or Bernard. This 21-year-old B stands 6'4-5 inches, weighs 306 pounds with just 6% body fat, and lit up the pro day with a 4.6 second 40 yard dash, 39 inch vertical, 10 feet 10 inch broad jump, and 31 bench press reps. His 11 inch hands and elite

1:04athletic score have scouts buzzing. NFL teams dig these raw athletes despite Bernard's limited football background. He only started sports with basketball at 16 and hit Kampson. Africa later. It's all projection, but that upside screams Day 3 draft steal. With Peters loving those top athletic metrics and four day three picks available, Bernard could land in Washington boosting that defensive rebuild, just rain.